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Telemiracle | |
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Genre | Telethon |
Presented by | Kinsmen and Kinettes of Saskatchewan |
Opening theme | Thank You by Beverley Mahood |
Ending theme | O Canada |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 48 (as of 2024) |
Production | |
Production locations | Saskatoon or Regina (alternating) |
Running time | 20 hours, except 2016 (21 hours) All include a 30-minute break for national news. |
Original release | |
Network | CTV Saskatchewan (1977-present) |
Release | 1977 present | –
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Telemiracle is an annual telethon organized by the Kinsmen and Kinettes in Saskatchewan, Canada, for the benefit of the Kinsmen Foundation. Initially broadcast on both CTV and CBC affiliates in Saskatchewan, it is now broadcast, commercial-free, exclusively on the province's CTV affiliates–CKCK in Regina, CFQC in Saskatoon, CIPA in Prince Albert and CICC in Yorkton.
The telethon is generally broadcast the first full weekend of March, but in a rare and COVID-19-induced exception to that rule, the 45th edition of the telethon was based at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon on February 27 and 28, 2021. Like the 2021 telethon, the 46th edition of the telethon took place without a live audience, in Regina's International Trade Centret on March 5 and 6, 2022. Telemiracle 47 returned to Saskatoon's Prairieland Park on February 25 and 26, 2023. The most recent edition, Telemiracle 48, returned to Regina's REAL District on February 24 and 25, 2024, with a limited live audience and, per the telethon's website, the next edition will take place on March 1 and 2, 2025.